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Lyndon B. Johnson
was the 36th president of the United States -
Richard Nixon
37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974, when he became the only president to resign the office. -
federal Housing Administration
a united states government agency created as part of the National Housing Act of 1934. -
Roy Benavidez
Raul Perez Benavides was a member of the Studies and Observations group of the United States Army. Recived the medal of honor for his actions in combat. -
Abbie Hoffman
Was a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party. -
Potsdam Agreement
allied plan of tripartile military occupation and reconstruction of Gremany. -
Chicano Movement
also called the chicano civil rights movement, also known as EL MOvimiento, is an extension of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement which began in the 1940s with the stated goal of achieving Mexican American empowerment. -
Domino Theory
exsisted between the 1950s to 1980s, promoted at times by the U.S. government, that speculated that if a region came under the influence of communism. -
Vietnam
Withdrawl of American forces from Indochina
Communist governments take power in South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos.
South vietnam is annexed by North Vietnam -
Draft
U.S. selection for compulsory military service
detachement of military personnel from one unit to another -
Great Society
was a set of domestic programs in the united states announced by president Lyndon B. Johnson at ohio university. -
Affirmative Action
in the u.s. began as a tool to address the president discrimination against african american in the 1960. the specific term was first used to describe us government policy in 1961. -
Anti-War Movement
a social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nations decision to start or carry on an armed conflict. -
Gulf of Tonkin
is the name given to two separate confrontation, one actual and one false, involving North vietnam and the u.s. in the waters of the gulf of tonkin. -
Head Start
is a program of the united states department of health and human services that provides comprehensive education, health, nutrition and prevent involment services to low-income childrens and emotional families. -
OPEC
is the organization of the petroleum exporting countries its mission is to secure a return to oil investors and an economic supply of oil to consumers. -
Tet Offensive
Was a military campaign during the Vietnam war that was lunched on Jan. 30, 1968 by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnam against South, U.S. and their allies. -
Escalation
the process of increase or rising, derived from the concept of an escalator -
Tinker v. Des Moines
was a decision by the u.s. supreame court that defined the constituional rights of students in u.s. public schools. -
Vietanmization
was a policy of the Richard M. Nixon administration during the Vietnam War. -
26th Amendment
the right of citizens of the united states, who 18 yrs of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the united states or any state on account of age.
the congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. -
Title IX
no person in the united states shall on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in be denied the benefits of or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. -
War Power Act
is a federal law intended to check the presidents power to commit the united states to an armed conflict without the consent of congress. -
Fall of Saigon
End of the Vietnam War
Provisional government established, Viet Cong gains nominal authority in South Vietnam.
Mass exodus of refugees
Eventual reunification of Vietnam into a communist state. -
NAFTA
an agreement signed by canada, Mexico, and the U.S. creating a trlateral trade bloc in north america.
